President Claudia Sheinbaum revealed Monday that she told the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, that the Government of Mexico on Saturday did not yet define if she would respond with reciprocal measures to the 25% tariffs announced by the president of the United States, Donald Trump.
“We had a conversation on the day of the announcement of the tariffs, on Saturday, he told me that I was going to present the plan he subsequently presented and asked what our decision was, I told him that in the issue of putting tariffs we still did not have a definition ”Sheinbaum said at his morning conference.
Sheinbaum, who shortly before announced that Trump agreed to its partners of North America.
Trudeau announced that Canada will adopt reprisals against tariffs imposed by Trump and that it will tax with 25% the equivalent of 155,000 million dollars in commerce with the US, while Sheinbaum had promised to present on Monday his “plan B” with the measures that Mexico would take In response.
“We stayed in communicating with Canada,” said Sheinbaum now.
Mexico and Canada had had Roces after the American election of November 5 by Canadian politicians, particular Trump
Sheinbaum announced Monday that Trump paused “for a month” the entry into force of tariffs to Mexico after a phone call in which she promised to deploy 10,000 national guard members on the common border, while commercial taxes to Canada follow In force to enter Tuesday, for now.
With EFE information.
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